centipede
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The meaning (definition) of the word centipede
a long skinny bug with lots and lots of tiny legs
The word centipede used in a sentence
“The long centipede wiggled across the ground on its many tiny legs.”
The plural of the word centipede
centipedes
How the word centipede is said around the world
| French | mille-pattes (meelpaht) |
| Spanish | ciempiés (thyaympyays) |
| Mandarin | 蜈 (wú) |
| Hindi | चालीसपद (kyahleesuhpuhd) |
| Arabic | حريش (hreesh) |
| Russian | сороконожка (sorokonozhka) |
| Portuguese (EU) | centopéia (sayngtoopeiuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | centopéia (sayngtohpeia) |
| Japanese | ムカデ (mukade) |
| German | Tausendfüßler (towzuhntfuslur) |
| Urdu | سینٹی پیڈ (sayntee payd) |
| Punjabi | ਸੈਂਟੀਪੀਡ (senteepeed) |
| Korean | 지네 (jine) |
| Hebrew | נָדָל (nahdahl) |
| Greek | σαρανταποδαρούσα (sarantapodarousa) |
| Dutch | duizendpoot (derewzuhndpoht) |
| Tagalog | alupihan (ahloopeehahn) |
| Vietnamese | con rết (kawn zayurt) |
| Turkish | kırkayak (kurkahyahk) |
| Persian | هزارپا (hayzahrpah) |
| Polish | skolopendra (skawlawpendrah) |
| Ukrainian | сороконіжка (sorokonizhka) |
| Bengali | শতপদী (shawtawpawdee) |
| Swedish | tusenfoting (toosuhnfooting) |
| Italian | centopiedi (chayntohpyedi) |
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